Your assumption is telling. I am no more intimidated by a the sound of a bike than I am by the sound of a yapping chihuahua.
To assume that you are intimidating anyone is childish.
Then what is your problem with me and my motorcycle? I personally have a real big problem with all of these sub-compact vehicles that the auto industry and our government insists that we manufacture. They don’t look safe, they have no acceleration, have trouble keeping up with traffic, and just downright offend my sensibilities as an American because they are so ugly.
Do you hear me ranting about them? Do you see me trying to push my agenda on the entire nation just because I wouldn’t be caught dead in one of those ridiculous machines. Not only would I not drive one, I wouldn’t even let my neighbors drive one either.
Since sarcasm tags are no longer in vogue on this site, I will forego posting of such.
All tags off: If you or your car, or your dog, or your kids, or your wife (I think you get the idea here)if they do something illegal, like riding a bike with strait pipes or a car without a muffler, or a party at 3AM, and it is personally affecting my family or my property, I am going to demand that you cease and desist and I may want damages. If I commit the same offenses against you and yours, lock me the hell up.
Damn man, I’m trying to get along with you, not intimidate you, and I never meant to suggest that you should be in the least. I guess I didn’t make my point clearly enough; if I’m doing something illegal and I’m doing it in your space, call me on it and make me pay the price of my transgressions.
There are noise laws all over the books, just like immigration laws, the fact that the laws are seldom, if ever, enforced does not make the case for passing new laws which usually carry unintended consequences.